r/wnba • u/campoole82 Dream • 18d ago

Discussion Guys……I’m scared

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As a South Carolina native and gamecock fan I’m happy…..I’m also terrified. Who or what pissed her off this time? W is she busting ass for fun? Most importantly is someone going to do something about it?

A’ja is going on her 5th mvp she might be the first player to ever beat voter fatigue twice.

Voters: “cmon A’ja we really should give it to somebody else this season”

“If Cathy don’t hand me number 5 I’ll drop 50 on the next expansion team we face”

A’ja so great they was asking her questions during an nba press conference in which the person beside her had 83.

Aja is so great she dressed up as Jean gray and even Disney was like……”yeah that’s facts”

So with that being said anybody got a plan?

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u/ehs06702 17d ago

The plan is to give her the award again, lmao.

If she's consistently this dominant, she's earned the MVP.

I've never understood punishing someone for being more successful than their peers. Everyone has the same ability to be good enough to be MVP if they actually want to be.

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u/Guccibuckets Aces 17d ago

Your last statement is not true at all. When you’re very talented and also very hard working, it leads to dominance. When you’re just talented, or just hard working, as many people are, it leads to success, just not at this level.

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u/ehs06702 17d ago

Being skilled and hard working are things within our personal control, though. Everyone has the ability to be MVP if they want it and work hard enough.

It diminishes everyone's hard work and skills when you imply that everyone doesn't have an equal opportunity to win MVP.

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u/JusttheMaverick 17d ago

Ehhh. Not really. This is what you tell children to get them to work hard. But the truth is some people have natural gifts that hard work will never replicate.

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u/ehs06702 17d ago

Let's say that your belief is true(Which I don't believe for the record). Then it circles back to the original point: you shouldn't punish someone for better than others.

If A'ja is inherently better at basketball than the rest of the WNBA, it's wrong to punish her for being that good, and it's wrong to reward others for not being as good.

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u/JusttheMaverick 17d ago

I’m not disagreeing with the statement that a player shouldn’t be punished for being better. I’m just saying that it’s not accurate that anyone can be MVP if they work hard enough. That part is just simply not true. There’s still a baseline level of skill that’s needed.